DJ Dahi
Quick Facts
Biography
Dacoury Natche (born March 10, 1983), professionally known as DJ Dahi, is an American hip hop disc jockey, songwriter and record producer from Inglewood, California. Dahi is perhaps best known for producing "Worst Behavior" by Canadian rapper Drake, as well as American rapper Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed album cut "Money Trees", which features Lamar's label-mate Jay Rock. Dahi has also produced several tracks for various artists such as Dr. Dre, Lily Allen, Freddie Gibbs, Dom Kennedy, Lupe Fiasco, Vince Staples, Mac Miller, Ty Dolla Sign, Pac Div, Travi$ Scott, Vic Mensa, Casey Veggies, Smoke DZA, Big Sean, Tinashe, Logic, and Big K.R.I.T., among others. Aside from his solo production career, Dahi is also a member of production team D.R.U.G.S., alongside Chordz 3D, Buddah, Nate 3D, James Koo, Fuego and Ty Dolla Sign. He is currently working on an album with LOTB. The album is set to release early August.
Musical career
DJ Dahi got his start in music working as a disc jockey while he was attending the University of California, Santa Cruz. He begun getting a buzz producing for local Los Angeles-based rappers such as Pac Div, TiRon, and Fashawn. His first big placement would be "My Type of Party," a single by Dom Kennedy's from his mixtape, The Yellow Album (2012). "My Type of Party" featured "laid cloudy layers of synth haze over wonky, synthetic drums." In 2012, he also produced Schoolboy Q's "Sexting," and then his most known production, "Money Trees" from Kendrick Lamar's platinum album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. In 2013, he produced "Hell of a Night" by Schoolboy Q and "Worst Behavior" by Drake that charted at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Money Trees", which samples "Silver Soul" by indie rock band Beach House, was named the ninth best instrumental of the previous five years, by Complex on September 3, 2013. Also later in September 2013, Complex named him the ninth best hip hop producer at the moment. Recently he has had recording sessions with Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., Jazmine Sullivan and Elle Varner among others. In 2015 he co-produced three tracks on 'Compton: A Soundtrack' album by Dr. Dre.
Production discography
Singles produced
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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US | US R&B | US Rap | AUS | CAN | UK | UK R&B | |||||||
"My Type of Party" (Dom Kennedy) | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yellow Album | ||||
"Worst Behavior" (Drake) | 2014 | 89 | 26 | 12 | — | — | — | — | Nothing Was the Same | ||||
"I Don't Fuck with You" (Big Sean featuring E-40) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 35 | 90 | 10 | RIAA: 3x Platinum | Dark Sky Paradise | ||||
"Cadillactica" (Big K.R.I.T.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cadillactica | |||||
"Hell of a Night" (Schoolboy Q) | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Oxymoron | |||||
"Stand For" (Ty Dolla Sign) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||
"Drug Dealers Anonymous" (Pusha T featuring JAY Z) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | King Push | ||||
"Trainwreck" (BANKS) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Altar | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other songs
- 10. "Useful"
- 01. "Now"
- 02. "Happy Thoughts" (featuring TiRon)
- 07. "What If This is It?"
- 09. "For Your Smile"
- 10. "Take a Bow"
- 01. "Underdogs II" (featuring Colin Munroe)
- 08. "Drop That" (featuring Problem)
- 02. SuperNegroes
- 02. "Posted"
- 04. "Move On"
- 10. "Number 1"
- 01. "Jack Kerouac" (co-prod. DrewByrd)
- 08. "No Wonder"
- 13. "P H"
- 02. "Coogi" (featuring Mr. MFN eXquire)
- 07. "In Love with a Lie"
- 09. "Medecine Man (Drug Free)" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
- 08. "Bout It Bout It" (featuring Kirko Bangz)
- 09. "Stay Down"
- 01. "Dearly Beloved"
- 05. "Ellie Fox"
- 05. "Money Trees" (featuring Jay Rock)
- 00. "Dog Pound" (featuring Waka Flocka Flame)
- 01. "Intro"
- 09. "Fuck Y'all" (featuring Kurupt & Battlecat)
- 09. "Sexting"
- 14. "Living"
- 01. "K.O.N.Y."
- 12. "Pink Boxes" (Ayomari)
- 15. "HNGRY" (TiRon, Ayomari & James Fauntleroy)
- 04. "She In My Car" (featuring Dom Kennedy)
- 10. "Cuban Link Gucci Rope" (featuring Donyea G)
- 12. "Tomorrow" (featuring SZA)
- 04. "Diobedient" (featuring Jarv Dee)
- 21. "Crenshaw & Slauson (True Story)" Hidden song at the end. (@7:55)
- 13. "I'd Be Lying"
- 10. "Heaven Can Wait"
- 11. "Get Money"
- 06. "Hell of a Night" (co-produced with Rakhi, Rey Reel, Travis Scott)
- 08. "YNSP" (featuring Eliza Doolittle)
- 01. "Sheezus"
- 02. "Who Do You Love?"
- 03. "Miserable Without Your Love"
- 10. "Hearses" (featuring Ab-Soul)
- 17. "Tropicana Roses"
- 07. "Babylon" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
- 02. "Tree of Life" (co-produced with Curtiss King)
- 02. "Mamacita" (featuring Rich Homie Quan & Young Thug) (co-produced with Metro Boomin & Travi$ Scott)
- 12. "Dehydration"
- 02. "Bet" (featuring Devonté Hynes) (co-produced with Blood Orange)
- 08. "Never Enough"
- 04. "Cadillactica" (produced with DJ Khalil)
- 11. "Third Eye"
- 16. "Mt. Olympus Reprise"
- 18. "Let It Show"
- 02. "We Don't Talk No More"
- 03. "Brand New"
- 11. "Chopper" (featuring Billy Blue, Buk of Psychodrama, Trouble, Trae tha Truth, Fam-Lay and Glasses Malone)
- 13. "Madonna" (featuring Nikki Jean)
- 14. "Adoration of the Magi" (featuring Crystal Torres)
- 15. "They.Resurrect.Over.New" (featuring Ab-Soul and Troi)
- 02. "Faster"
- 04. "I Don't Fuck with You" (featuring E-40) (produced by DJ Mustard, Kanye West and Mike Free, co-produced by DJ Dahi)
- 12. "Outro"
- 14. "Research" (featuring Ariana Grande) (produced by Metro Boomin, co-produced by DJ Dahi)
- 1-02. "Devil Pray" (produced with Madonna, Avicii and Blood Diamonds)
- 1-09. "Iconic" (produced by Madonna, Toby Gad, AFSHeeN and Josh Cumbee, additional production by DJ Dahi)
- 1-11. "Body Shop" (produced with Madonna, Toby Gad and Blood Diamonds)
- 2-01. "Beautiful Scars" (produced with Madonna and Blood Diamonds)
- 2-02. "Borrowed Time" (produced with Madonna, Avicii, Carl Falk and Blood Diamonds)
- 05. "Wanderer" (produced with Tinashe and Ritz Reynolds)
- 02. "The Helium Balloon"
- 05. "The Middle Finger" (produced with Dave Glass Animals)
- 08. "The God Smile"
- 06. "Fried Lobster" (featuring Bonic)
- 1-02. "Lift Me Up" (produced with No I.D.)
- 1-04. "Birds & Bees" (featuring Daley)
- 1-06. "Lemme Know" (featuring Jhené Aiko and DJ Dahi) (produced with No I.D. and Brian Kidd)
- 2-08. "C.N.B." (produced with No I.D. and Brian Kidd)
- 2-09. "Like It Is" (produced with No I.D. and Brian Kidd)
- 02. "Talk About It" (featuring King Mez and Justus) (produced with Free School)
- 05. "All in a Day's Work" (featuring Anderson .Paak and Marsha Ambrosius) (produced with DJ Khalil)
- 09. "Deep Water" (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Justus and Anderson .Paak) (produced with Focus..., Cardiak, Dem Jointz and Dr. Dre)
- 05. "90210" (produced with Allen Ritter and Mike Dean)
- 04. "All the Way Down"
- 13. "Fuck Em All"
- 14. "Life In a Box"
- 03. "U with Me?" (additional production; produced by 40 and Kanye West)
- 05. "Trainwreck"
- 06. "This is Not About Us"
- 10. "Haunt"
- 03. "Yah" (produced with Sounwave and Anthony Tiffith)
- 06. "Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) (produced with Sounwave, Terrace Martin and Anthony Tiffith)
- 09. "Lust" (produced with Sounwave and BadBadNotGood)
- 11. "XXX" (featuring U2) (produced with Mike Will Made It, Sounwave and Anthony Tiffith)
- 13. "God" (produced with Ricci Riera, Sounwave, Bēkon, Cardo and Anthony Tiffith)